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The latest new books from 'Museum Tusculanum Press'en-usMon, 19 Mar 2018 05:00:00 GMT1440Sound Toll at Elsinorehttp://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/S/bo28564860.html
&Oslash;resund, or the Sound—the body of water separating Denmark from Sweden—has always been strategically important. Between 1429 and 1857, the Danish king levied a toll on ships traveling through the Sound. The logs that Denmark kept of those tolls are a unique piece of European history and are included in UNESCO’s Memory of the World register. This book uses those logs to detail the toll’s administration and history, discussing diplomatic crises, smuggling, and the threat of North American attack that hastened the toll’s demise.<div>&Oslash;resund, or the Sound&mdash;the body of water separating Denmark from Sweden&mdash;has always been strategically important. Between 1429 and 1857, the Danish king levied a toll on ships traveling through the Sound. The logs that Denmark kept of those tolls are a unique piece of European history and are included in UNESCO&rsquo;s Memory of the World register. This book uses those logs to detail the toll&rsquo;s administration and history, discussing diplomatic crises, smuggling, and the threat of North American attack that hastened the toll&rsquo;s demise.</div>History: General HistoryThu, 15 Mar 2018 05:00:00 GMTOle Degn9788763544702Sense of a Beginninghttp://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/S/bo26482788.html
The Sense of a Beginning is the first comprehensive exploration of the openings of novels. With a title that deliberately echoes Frank Kermode’s famous book on endings, the book addresses the formal challenge of opening lines, especially in modernism, and illustrates their significance to both literary creation and literary criticism. Niels Buch Leander’s approach is wide-ranging, examining how beginnings in fiction relate to beginnings in nature, how they work from a formal and narrative point of view, how modernist self-awareness plays out in openings, and how openings have altered criticism itself through intertextuality. Drawing on examples from D. H. Lawrence, Thomas Mann, Paul Valery, and more, as well as appraisals by critics like Roland Barthes and Edward Said, Leander fills a truly surprising gap in literary scholarship. &#160;<div><i>The Sense of a Beginning</i> is the first comprehensive exploration of the openings of novels. With a title that deliberately echoes Frank Kermode&rsquo;s famous book on endings, the book addresses the formal challenge of opening lines, especially in modernism, and illustrates their significance to both literary creation and literary criticism. Niels Buch Leander&rsquo;s approach is wide-ranging, examining how beginnings in fiction relate to beginnings in nature, how they work from a formal and narrative point of view, how modernist self-awareness plays out in openings, and how openings have altered criticism itself through intertextuality. Drawing on examples from D. H. Lawrence, Thomas Mann, Paul Valery, and more, as well as appraisals by critics like Roland Barthes and Edward Said, Leander fills a truly surprising gap in literary scholarship.<br /> &#160;</div>Literature and Literary Criticism : African Languages : American and Canadian Literature : Asian Languages : British and Irish Literature : Classical Languages : Dramatic Works : Fiction : General Criticism and Critical Theory : Germanic Languages : Humor : Poetry : Romance Languages : Slavic LanguagesThu, 15 Mar 2018 05:00:00 GMTNiels Buch Leander9788763543866Danish Studio Ceramics 1950 - 2010http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/D/bo28237648.html
This expansive catalog showcases Designmuseum Denmark&#39;s collection of unique ceramic works from a sixty-year period leading up to the present day. Covering over 600 different works by 133 ceramicists and artists, it highlights the diversity and high quality of Danish ceramics though a collection that has only previously been exhibited on a limited scale. Lavishly illustrated with more than three hundred ceramic items, this volume is a treasure trove for collectors and scholars alike.<p>This expansive catalog showcases Designmuseum Denmark&#39;s collection of unique ceramic works from a sixty-year period leading up to the present day. Covering over 600 different works by 133 ceramicists and artists, it highlights the diversity and high quality of Danish ceramics though a collection that has only previously been exhibited on a limited scale. Lavishly illustrated with more than three hundred ceramic items, this volume is a treasure trove for collectors and scholars alike.</p>Art: Art--General StudiesThu, 15 Feb 2018 06:00:00 GMTBodil Busk Laursen9788763546010Carl Nielsenhttp://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/C/bo28237565.html
This volume collects, for the first time in English, the correspondence and diaries of Carl Nielsen, Denmark’s most important composer—a vital force in symphonic music who bridged the late Romantic period and the twentieth century. Nielsen’s letters and diary entries display his passionate personality as vividly as his music, taking us from his youth and early career through his greatest musical triumphs. We are privy to Nielsen’s struggles for international acclaim, the marital crises that beset him and his symphonic masterworks, and his constant struggle to remain true to his ideals in a changing world.<p>This volume collects, for the first time in English, the correspondence and diaries of Carl Nielsen, Denmark&rsquo;s most important composer&mdash;a vital force in symphonic music who bridged the late Romantic period and the twentieth century. Nielsen&rsquo;s letters and diary entries display his passionate personality as vividly as his music, taking us from his youth and early career through his greatest musical triumphs. We are privy to Nielsen&rsquo;s struggles for international acclaim, the marital crises that beset him and his symphonic masterworks, and his constant struggle to remain true to his ideals in a changing world.</p>Music: General MusicThu, 15 Feb 2018 06:00:00 GMTDavid Fanning; Michelle Assay9788763545969Fascism and Modernist Literature in Norwayhttp://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/F/bo28565114.html
This book illuminates the convergence of literature and politics in interwar Norway by focusing on Nobel laureate Knut Hamsun and poets &Aring;smund Sveen and Rolf Jacobsen—all of whom collaborated with the Nazi occupiers—alongside anti-fascist writer Sigurd Hoel. Dean Krouk shows that for Hamsun, Sveen, and Jacobsen, fascism played into their countercultural leanings and discontent with modernity. In contrast, Hoel’s opposition to Nazism grew into a wider anti-authoritarian inquiry. Krouk’s book is a timely reminder of the perennial value of clear-eyed intellectual practice in the face of fascism.<p>This book illuminates the convergence of literature and politics in interwar Norway by focusing on Nobel laureate Knut Hamsun and poets &Aring;smund Sveen and Rolf Jacobsen&mdash;all of whom collaborated with the Nazi occupiers&mdash;alongside anti-fascist writer Sigurd Hoel. Dean Krouk shows that for Hamsun, Sveen, and Jacobsen, fascism played into their countercultural leanings and discontent with modernity. In contrast, Hoel&rsquo;s opposition to Nazism grew into a wider anti-authoritarian inquiry. Krouk&rsquo;s book is a timely reminder of the perennial value of clear-eyed intellectual practice in the face of fascism.</p>Literature and Literary Criticism: General Criticism and Critical TheoryThu, 15 Feb 2018 06:00:00 GMTDean Krouk9788763545792Language and Prehistory of the Indo-European Peopleshttp://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/L/bo26482486.html
Our knowledge of neolithic and bronze age Europe is growing rapidly, and this book offers a major contribution to our understanding of the language and history of the peoples of that period. The editors have taken a deliberately cross-disciplinary approach, bringing in historical linguists, archaeologists, geneticists, and more to both examine specific questions in the field and to analyze the basic methodology in use. The book is the result of a Scandinavian conference, the first dedicated to this approach to the field. &#160;<div>Our knowledge of neolithic and bronze age Europe is growing rapidly, and this book offers a major contribution to our understanding of the language and history of the peoples of that period. The editors have taken a deliberately cross-disciplinary approach, bringing in historical linguists, archaeologists, geneticists, and more to both examine specific questions in the field and to analyze the basic methodology in use. The book is the result of a Scandinavian conference, the first dedicated to this approach to the field.<br /> &#160;</div>Fri, 15 Dec 2017 06:00:00 GMTAdam Hyllested; Benedicte Nielsen Whitehead; Thomas Olander; Birgit Anette Olsen9788763545310Governor's Residence in Tranquebarhttp://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/G/bo26482730.html
The history of contacts between India and Europe tends to be dominated by the British, but Denmark also played a role on the subcontinent in the colonial era. This book offers insight into that history via a close look at one very specific part of it: the house in which the Danish colonial governor lived in Tranquebar, on the Coromandel Coast. We meet the governors and their Indian staffs and see their interactions with traders, temple priests, and princely delegates. With the help of hundreds of illustrations from the period, the resulting book is a fascinating portrait of the vibrantly multicultural life of a small colonial outpost in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. &#160;<div>The history of contacts between India and Europe tends to be dominated by the British, but Denmark also played a role on the subcontinent in the colonial era. This book offers insight into that history via a close look at one very specific part of it: the house in which the Danish colonial governor lived in Tranquebar, on the Coromandel Coast. We meet the governors and their Indian staffs and see their interactions with traders, temple priests, and princely delegates. With the help of hundreds of illustrations from the period, the resulting book is a fascinating portrait of the vibrantly multicultural life of a small colonial outpost in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.<br /> &#160;</div>History: Asian HistoryHistory: European HistoryFri, 15 Dec 2017 06:00:00 GMTEsther Fihl9788763543880Tocharian and Indo-European Studies 17http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/T/bo29155177.html
Tocharian and Indo-European Studies&#160;is the central publication for the study of two closely related languages, Tocharian A and Tocharian B. Found in many Buddhist manuscripts from central Asia, Tocharian dates back to the second half of the first millennium of the Common Era, though it was not discovered until the twentieth century. Focusing on both philological and linguistic aspects of this language,&#160;Tocharian and Indo-European Studies&#160;also looks at Tocharian in relationship to other Indo-European languages. &#160;<div>Tocharian and Indo-European Studies&#160;is the central publication for the study of two closely related languages, Tocharian A and Tocharian B. Found in many Buddhist manuscripts from central Asia, Tocharian dates back to the second half of the first millennium of the Common Era, though it was not discovered until the twentieth century. Focusing on both philological and linguistic aspects of this language,&#160;Tocharian and Indo-European Studies&#160;also looks at Tocharian in relationship to other Indo-European languages.<br /> &#160;</div>Language and Linguistics: General Language and LinguisticsFri, 15 Dec 2017 06:00:00 GMTThomas Olander; George-Jean Pinault; Michaël Peyrot; Birgit Anette Olsen9788763545570